Restaurants - Honfleur, Rouen & Mont St. Michel
 

Our trip to France in late March includes stops in Honfleur, Rouen and Mt. St. Michel. Would welcome your recommendations for restaurants in these cities.
Thank you.

Some people think that La M&egrave;re Poulard is not that good. I found their omelets oversized, overpriced and delicious. On the other hand, thier lamb was nothing to write home about. We liked the quai side restaurant we ate at in Honfleur, but I do not remember the name. You can find it my searching for my report: <i>Trip Report: Ghent, Normandy and Brittany</i>.

We enjoyed L'Ancrage (not sure of spelling) on the harbor in Honfleur....great mussels.

I like Le Chat qui Peche restaurant in Honfleur, both for food and ambience. It's a nice cozy little restaurant with typical local cuisine and is right near the harbor in the main tourist area.

In Honfleur, we loved &quot;L'Absinthe,&quot; and &quot;Vielle Honfleur&quot;(beside the water)
For loftier dining away from the Harbor is the venerable &quot;Ferme St-Sim&eacute;on.&quot; Great food, beautiful surroundings but too formal for us. My favorite pace in the area is in Trouville(leads to Honfleur) '&quot;Les Vapeurs.&quot; In Rouen, &quot;The Bistro D&Aacute;drian&quot; The place in MSM was forgettable.

We liked l&quot;Absinthe also, but our favorite Honfleur dinner was at the Manoir du Butin.

OOOO! Ron, I googled it,thanks.It looks very charming.

Thanks to all the suggestions...Any other ideas? Topping....

Two restaurants we've enjoyed in Honfleur are La Tortue and La Ferme de la Grande Cour, neither one fancy but both offering wonderful Noman specialties as reasonable prices.

The only time we've had a full meal in Le Mont-St-Michel was at M&egrave;re Poulard's, years ago. Not only did I think the omelette was too big and too pricey, as Michael has suggested, I thought it was ridiculously mediocre - very, very runny and undercooked for my taste. There is a nice restaurant near Le Mont St-Michel in Sevron called Auberge du Terroir, but the chef is from the P&eacute;rigord and so is most of his cuisine, so if you're looking for true Norman dishes it's not the best place to eat.

Rouen is full of wonderful restaurants. A few we've enjoyed over the years are Au Temps des Cerises, Le P'tit Bec, Auberge du Vieux Carr&eacute;, and La Toque d'Or.

A former resident of Rouen recommends the Hotel de Dieppe, especially the duck, but cautions that the neighborhood can be iffy at night. So best go for lunch. The place is near the train station.

StCirq--You should have specified &quot;pas trop baveuse,&quot; although I do not think that our was runny at all. One thing is sure, the three people in front of the oven in the entrance are not the ones doing most of the omelettes; it's just a show. I still think it should be experienced once.

Michael: I don't recall being asked how I wanted my omelette. If I had, I would have spoken up. At any rate, I was rather mesmerized by the &quot;act&quot; the waiters were putting on and didn't think I had much choice in the matter.

I guess, in hindsight, I'm glad I experienced it, but I've had far better omelettes all over the Hexagon.

The lamb was very good at Mouton Blanc on Mont St. Michel and I thought the prices were fair.

Keith